Witchcraft used on young girls

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VIDEO: He used witchcraft to terrify his young victims, and lure them into the sex trade. Today, Oswaya Osallasee from Kent was jailed for 20 years for trafficking, rape, and sex with a child. From Canterbury Crown Court, Derek Johnson reports.

He used black magic - keeping his young victims prisoner - and scaring them into silence. Today, though, a man from Kent was jailed for forcing children into prostitution.

Police told Meridian this afternoon that the scale of Osezua Osolase's trafficking was only just becoming apparent - and that dozens of girls could have suffered at his hands.

Police believe Osezua Osolase from Kent may have forced as many as 28 girls into prostitution by masterminding a sex trafficking ring involving flights to Europe, false passports and African Ju Ju magic.

Former security guard Osolase was convicted by a jury at Canterbury Crown Court of trafficking and also of rape and sexual assault of teenage girls from Nigeria. He will be sentenced on Monday October 29. A senior detective described him as ''evil.''